Editing Anna Lindh (section)

===Criminal investigation===
The murderer escaped after the crime; according to eyewitness accounts, his actions appeared deliberate and systematic. A phone number was set up for anyone who might know anything about the crime, and a massive manhunt (centred on Stockholm) was launched in Sweden. After two days, a photo of a man believed to be the murderer, taken by a camera on a floor above the murder scene, was leaked by Swedish newspapers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Swedish newspapers release photo of Lindh murder suspect |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-09-13/swedish-newspapers-release-photo-of-lindh-murder/1478230 |website=abc.net.au |date=13 September 2003}}</ref> Several items (pieces of clothing and a knife) believed to be connected with the murder were found outside the department store near a Stockholm metro station. At the crime scene, police obtained a handprint believed to be the killer's. Images of the suspect from the store's surveillance system were released by police and published on 13 and 14 September.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lindh killer suspect pics released |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/lindh-killer-suspect-pics-released-20030914-gdhe0d.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=14 September 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Photos Released In Swedish Killing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/15/world/photos-released-in-swedish-killing.html |work=The New York Times |date=15 September 2003}}</ref>

A man was apprehended on 16 September and detained as a suspect on "reasonable grounds" (the lowest level of suspicion),<ref>{{cite news |title=Suspect arrested for Lindh murder |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2003/9/16/suspect-arrested-for-lindh-murder |work=Al Jazeera |date=16 September 2003}}</ref> but was released a week later without charge.<ref name="guardiansep25">{{cite news |last1=Osborn |first1=Andrew |title=Swedes release Lindh suspect |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/25/thefarright.politics |work=The Guardian |date=25 September 2003}}</ref> On 24 September, the police announced that a suspect had been apprehended and arrested at a higher level of suspicion: "[[probable cause]]".<ref name="guardiansep25" /> He was subsequently identified as [[Mijailo Mijailović]] (born in Sweden to Serb parents). It was announced that Mijailović's [[genetic fingerprinting|DNA profile]] matched that of hairs on a baseball cap left at (or near) the scene of the crime, and he resembled the man filmed in the store where Lindh was attacked.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Osborn |first1=Andrew |title=Lindh killing suspect 'has record' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/27/andrewosborn |work=The Guardian |date=27 September 2003}}</ref>

After denying all involvement, Mijailović confessed to the crime on 6 January 2004, providing a full account of the events of 10 September during police questioning; his lawyer [[Peter Althin]] stated that it was a "random act" and not politically motivated.<ref>{{cite news |title=Suspect in Swedish murder makes surprise confession |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3899995 |work=NBC News |publisher=The Associated Press |date=7 January 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Osborn |first1=Andrew |title=Suspect tells lawyer he killed Swedish politician in random attack |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jan/08/andrewosborn |work=The Guardian |date=8 January 2004}}</ref> He was found guilty in a trial held from 14 to 17 January 2004.  After a psychiatric evaluation he was sentenced to [[life imprisonment]] on 23 March.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Black |first1=Ian |title=Life for killer of Anna Lindh |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/24/ianblack |work=The Guardian |date=24 March 2004}}</ref> On 8 July, an appeals court overturned Mijailović's sentence (after tests concluded he was mentally ill at the time of the murder), and recommended he be transferred to a [[psychiatric ward]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Court overturns jail term for Lindh killer Mijailovic to go to psychiatric unit instead of serving life |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/court-overturns-jail-term-for-lindh-killer-mijailovic-to-go-to-psychiatric-unit-instead-of-serving-life-1.1148372 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=9 July 2004}}</ref> Prosecutors appealed to the [[Supreme Court of Sweden]], which reinstated his sentence to life imprisonment on 2 December of that year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lindh: life sentence confirmed |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/dec/03/1 |work=The Guardian |date=3 December 2004}}</ref> Mijailović renounced his Swedish citizenship, and has unsuccessfully requested to be transferred to Serbia. {{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Despite Lindh's popularity and the timing of the assassination, the murder was not considered a political act (although a newspaper found a picture of Mijailović listening to [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberal People's Party]] leader [[Lars Leijonborg]] in clothing similar to what he wore during the murder). Mijailović admitted that he found the speech "entertaining", but denied allegations that it influenced his actions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nylén |first=Susanne |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article187182.ab?service=print |title=Här möter mördaren Lars Leijonborg |date=13 January 2004 |work=[[Aftonbladet]] |language=Swedish |trans-title=Here the killer meets Lars Leijonborg |access-date=1 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019152515/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article187182.ab?service=print |archive-date=19 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2011 interview with the newspaper ''[[Expressen]]'', Mijailović said he had "felt hatred of [all] politicians" at the time, he had been high on a hypnotic drug at the time, and it was "a coincidence" that his victim had been Lindh.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thelocal.se/20110828/35814 |title=Anna Lindh killer breaks silence over murder |date=28 August 2011 |work=[[The Local]] |access-date=20 June 2016 |location=Sweden |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620150543/http://www.thelocal.se/20110828/35814 |archive-date=20 June 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Mijailović has received counselling and other support services since his imprisonment.